MILESTONES
Being a leader in the field of Permanent Supportive Housing has meant that we have had to forge our own pathway to success. This commitment to being the change is in our organizational DNA, with Excellence enshrined as one of our four core values. Take veterans’ housing, for example. When ACOF realized that the crisis of housing availability for veterans could not be solved because a legal definition excluded veterans from being a “protected class”, we spearheaded a campaign to change state and federal law to allow for dedicated housing, and were one of the first developers in the country to build housing for veterans once the laws were changed. That’s just one of the many achievements we have celebrated since ACOF began in 1988. Browse the years below to see some of ACOF’s many milestone moments.
2022 ▼
ACOF expands into Ventura and Riverside counties by breaking ground on Ventura Springs and Oasis Senior Villas, respectively
After 16 years, ACOF starts construction of Lorena Plaza, the longest running project in the pipeline in ACOF’s history
2021 ▼
ACOF launches professional development program for tenants
2019 ▼
ACOF launches family and children services program
2016 ▼
ACOF completes Cedar Springs in La Verne, a net zero energy building with a first graywater re-use system that is the first of its kind in Los Angeles County for multifamily residential.
2014 ▼
ACOF joins NeighborWorks America
2013 ▼
ACOF completes its first two veterans’ buildings ( ND Sepulveda I & ND Sepulveda II)
ACOF creates Tenant Advisory Council (TAC)
2012 ▼
ACOF’s first LEED Platinum building, Villas at Gower, is completed
2008 ▼
ACOF plays a leading role to change state and federal legislation to allow State of California funding for veterans-only housing with its sponsorship of California Senate Bill 1220.
ACOF begins health and housing pilot, which eventually becomes ACOF’s first specialized services program
2007 ▼
ACOF leads the creation of the Supportive Housing Alliance of four organizations to advocate on behalf of supportive housing development which leads to the development of the City of LA’s first Permanent Supportive Housing Notice of Funding Availability
2004 ▼
ACOF completes Tyrol Plaza, its first supportive housing building for seniors
2003 ▼
ACOF expands into Orange County with the completion of Jackson Aisle Apartments
ACOF’s first fundraiser takes place to coincide with the 15th Anniversary
ACOF completes its one and only transitional housing project – Step Out Apartments – for young adults with a mental health disability exiting the foster care system who are also connected to the Probation Department.
2000 ▼
Vista Nueva Apartments, ACOF’s first family building, won the 2000 Gold Nugget Award for Best Apartment Building over 4-Stories, beating out market rate developments
1996 ▼
ACOF begins providing supportive services directly rather than always partnering with third-party service providers
1994 ▼
Parker Hotel, ACOF’s first tax credit project, is completed
ACOF pays it forward and creates a new nonprofit to do similar work in San Diego. Now doing business as Housing Innovation Partners, the nonprofit was called The Association of Community Housing Solutions (TACHS) and they operate five PSH projects in San Diego.
ACOF begins capacity-building with social service organizations to co-develop supportive housing. First partnership was with Step Up on Second in Santa Monica
1991 ▼
ACOF’s Orbison House opens, named after Roy Orbison whose wife produced a benefit concert and donated some of the proceeds for the project. It is ACOF’s first supportive housing project.
1988 ▼
A Community of Friends (ACOF) founded by Tanya Tull
